Combined table and ironing board



Dec. 9, 1930 A. H. KENNEDY COMBINED TABLE AND IRONING BOARD Filed Feb. 14, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l A. H. KENNQEDY 1,784,449

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Patented Dec. 9, 1939 u rrEo STATES PATENT OFFICE ALBERT HOWARD KENNEDY, OF GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO ADOLPH LINID, OF KITTANNING, PENNSYLVANIA V -COMIBINED TABLE AND IRONING BOARD Application filed February 14, 1929. Serial No. 339,917. 7

. This invention relates to improvements in a combined table and ironing board and has for one of its principal objects the combination in a single article of furniture a table and an ironing board, the structure being such that when the article is in use as a table the ironing board is within the table and therefore concealed, but when the ironing board is in use the table constitutes a parm tial support for the ironing board and the table top can be used as a place upon which to deposit the articles to be ironed and the articles after they have been ironed.

Another further object of the invention is '3 the provision of a novel construction of folding or collapsing the legs for the ironing board, the structure of these members being such that they can be folded or unfolded by the movement of any one of the legs, thus enabling them to be folded or unfolded rapidly and easily.

A still further object of the invention is the-provision of a device of the character described which is simple of construction, cheap of manufacture a-ndhighly efficient in operation.

Other objects, novel features of construction and improved. results of the invention will be pointed out in the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention, the table top being shown in raised or elevated position and the ironing board being shown in full lines within the table and in dotted lines in its extended position for use.

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken longitudinally of the table.

' Figure 8 is a view in side elevation showing the ironing board in extended position for use and the positions assumed by the supporting legs therefor when they are in their extended positions.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional View taken 45 at right angles to Figure 2, the ironing board being shown in its extended position for use. Throughout the following description like parts of the invention as illustrated in the drawings are designated by similar reference 5 numerals and reference being had to the drawings it will be seen that there is provided a table A which is supported upon the usual four legs 10. The table is provided with a top 11 preferably of porcelain and a compartment 12 is formed beneath this table top which compartment has a bottom 13, front wall 14, rear wall 15, and end walls 16 and 17'.

The table top has swinging relation to the compartment by reason of the hinges 18 which are counter-sunk in the top edge of the rear wall of the compartment.

In the construction illustrated in the drawings, the table legs are connected to the table in a well-known manner in that their upper ends are positioned within a space purposely left between the ends of the side and'rear walls of thetable compartment and within notched portions at the four corners of the compartment bottom 13. At their upper ends the legs carry threaded bolt shanks 19 which extend into the tablecompartnient and pass through suitable openings in the four corner brackets 20, which brackets extend diagonally across the inner corners of the table compartment and have their ends suitably fastened to the end and side walls of the compartment as appears at 21. By the use of nuts 22 the tab-e legs can be quicklyand easily attached to ordetached' from the main table body, which feature is of course an advantage in that the'table with its legs re moved will take up much less space when being shipped or moved about.

The swinging table top is provided with a suitable stop 23 which is of common well I known construction and will serve to hold the table top in its raised or elevated position when desired. I

The ironing board proper is designated by B and when not in use, see Figure 1, rests upon the table bottom 13 in inverted position within the table compartment 12. Adjacent the wide end of the ironing board and on the under side thereof there is fastened in separated parallel relation two downwardly extending portions 24 and 25. Attached to the outer face of the portion 25 as at 26 are two brackets 27 which have their opposite ends pivotally supported as at 28 on the U- shaped bracket 29 carried upon the inner face of the front wall 14 of the compartment at a point about intermediate its height; The bracket'construction which is described is to permit the ironing board to be swung into and out of the table compartment and to permit of this the front wall 14 of the table is provided with slots 30 to receive the brackets extended position for use.

'As considerable pressure or forceis exerted upon anjironing board when it is in use it lsnecessa to provide a support for the board in a dition to the brackets 27. I have therefore provided a vertical supporting leg 32, asupporting leg 33 at an acute angle to said vertical supporting leg and aibrace leg at. ancacute angleto said last mentioned leg,

said brace leg being madein two parts designated as 34 and 3 5. g i I These legs are interconnected in such-a manner as will be hereinafter described, that they can be collapsed or moved into extended positions by the movement of any oneof the legs. which is of a decided advantage in that they can be rapidly and easily operated. It

will be further seen that the brace leg is of a novel construction in that when it assumes its extended position for bracing the supporting legs it automatically becomeslocked inits bracing position. i

v The upper end of the two supporting legs I 32- and 33 are pivotally or swingingly attached at separated points between; the two downwardly extending portionsc24 and 25 of v-r the ironing board. The upperend of the vertical 1eg32 is'attached as at 36 and the upper end of the inclined supporting leg 33 is fastenedas at 37. A'filler block 38 is used I to retain the upper ends of these supporting legs firmly in their respective positions. As

willgbe clearly seen from Figure 30f the drawings, the supporting legs cross one another and at this crossing point they-have sliding connection by reason of the outwardly extending headed pin 39 carried by the supporting leg 33 being in sliding connection with the elongated slot 30 inthe vertical supporting leg32.

Th .braceleg, whichfor the i purpose of identity Ihave designated as an entirety by I C; extends at an acute angle from the bottom "of theironing'board to a point intermediate the length of the inclined supporting'leg 33.

I This brace leg has a hinged connection 41 at jthebottom'of the ironing board and a pivotal connection 42 with the inclined supporting legpa'Thetwo parts 34 and 35 comprising the. braceleg are of. an approximate equal length and have a hinge connection43, which hinge operates or opens ina direction opposite to the hinge41'which connects the upper board bottom.

By reference'to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings it will be seen that when the ironing board is within the table compartment and the legsin a collapsed position that the supporting legs assume positions parallel to one another and that the two parts compris vportion35 of the brace 'legto the ironing ing the brace leg fold one upon the other.

From the description thus far be readily apparent that the egs can be pulled into their extended position by pulling upon either one of the supporting legs. To collapse the legs it is first necessary to push upon the brace leg to break the hinge43, whereupon the legs can be quickly and easily collapsed by pushing downwardly upon either one of the supporting legs.

When the legs are swung into their extended positions the two adjacent ends of the parts comprisingthe brace leg abut one an other as appears in Figure 3 of the drawing, thus locking thebrace leg in a bracing position. Any downward pressure upon the supporting legs will cause the abutting ends of the brace leg members to more firmly abut and thereby more firmly lock the brace leg in its extended bracing position.

The lower end of the inclined supporting leg 33 istapered as at 44 so as to properly engage the floor and the length of the supporting legs and'the positioning of the ironing board supporting brackets 37 is such that when the ironing board is in its extended position for usethe ironing board is in a plane horizontal with the plane of the table top but in a position above. the table top. Thisis desirous inasmuch as the proper heig t of an ironing board is greater than the proper and ordinary height of a table. I

. Attention is also directed to the fact that by reason of the slots 30 in the compartment front 14 the brackets 2? lie wholly within, the slots when the ironing board is'in its extended position and that asthe ironing board in its extended position is considerably in front of and beyond the table the table top can be lowered after the. ironing board has beenswung out for. use. I e i When it is desired to use the ironing board it is preferable, although not necessary, to swing the ironing board legs into extended positions before swingin the ironing board outwardl from the ta le compartment.

Attention is also directed tothe fact that ;the construction is such that when the ironing board is within the table compartment a considerable space remains in the compartment ,forthe reception of irons orthe like. I I I Attention is also called to the fact that this invention can be adapted to tables now in use by minor changes in them and that the table need not be specially built to enable the use of this invention.

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It will also be readily apparent that the table can be built so as to make it either a right or left swinging ironing board to meet the different requirements in different kitchens as to the position that the table will assume.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination with a table having a hinged top and a compartment below the same, of an ironing board having on its under surface a pair of members arranged and spaced in parallel relation, a pivotal connection between the interior of said table compartment and said members to permit said board to be swung upwardly and outwardly to a position beyond the front of said table, a pair of supporting legs for said board, one of said legs when the board is swung outwardly being vertically disposed and the other arranged at an angle to the vertical leg and having sliding connection therewith, the upper ends of said supporting legs pivoted at separate points in the space between said members, a brace arranged at an angle between the ironing board and the inclined supporting leg and movably connected to each of said members, said brace being made in two sections with the adjacent ends of the sections having a hinged connection, and the adjacent ends of the section forming a brace abut-ting one another under pressure when the legs are in extended position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature.

ALBERT HOWARD KENNEDY. 

